Hundreds of Benue state indigenes on Thursday blocked the entrance of the National Assembly Complex.
The protesters, dressed in black attires and wielding different placards, lamented the killings suspected to have been carried out by herdsmen.
They also kicked against the idea of establishing cattle colonies in the state.
The protesters accused President Muhammadu Buhari of ignoring the killings in the state.
Over 80 indigenes of Benue have been killed in separate attacks within this month.
Buhari has held different meetings with stakeholders from the state and top security officials.
The president had ordered the inspector-general of police, Ibrahim Idris, to arrest those behind the killings.
But less than 24 hours after the directive, suspected herdsmen returned to communities where they killed six people.